Shemya (tàar ʃàmɲà) is the language of the Sinyar people.
It is variously spelled Shamya, Shamyan, Shemya, Sinya, and known as Symiarta, Taar Shamyan, Zimirra.
The language is spoken in Goz Beïda, Chad and Foro Boranga, Sudan.
[2][3] Dimmendaal leaves it as a language isolate, whereas Blench groups it with Formona.
Some lexical items in Sinyar have cognates in Bongo–Bagirmi languages (particularly the neighboring Yulu-Gula group), while others do not.